| maxim, basic, tangle, prayer, payments. |
| impala, coarse, hyphen, nearly, abacus, knight, share (and) share alike.
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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed!
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
17 comments:
At one time I used a moped to get around the town.
It was basic transportation, and rarely let me down.
If I forgot to fuel it, and let it run out of gas
All I had to do was to pedal -- to pedal and to gasp!
First I had to know how to balance on a bicycle
Easier if you're faster, a principle gyroscopical!
But if you get entangled in a spooky spoke accoutrement,
A maxim says the hardest part of learning is the pavement!
So then I got an auto, much easier to balance
Altho it cost enough that I had to go to finance.
But if you get entangled in interest in an installment,
A maxim says the hardest part of driving is the payment!
Sir Reele was a refined knight, neither coarse nor boorish
He had a vow of chivalry he nearly always tried to nourish!
He wouldn't ride in armor, for a horse he was too heavy,
So he stuffed it in saddle bags and rode in just his livery!
He respected women-kind, and damsels-in-distress.
He made deals with dragons, girl-virgins to impress.
He would rescue ladies-fair, their honor they would offer.
He'd bed them but would leave their hyphen, to be proper!
Once when at an abbey where horses were so rare
That tradesmen and friars alike oft had to share.
He could ride a big dog, but refused the abbey cuss
Said he'd ride an impala before a greyhound bus!
FLN: Owen, you ol' reprobate, do you really think turning out 3 or 6 stanzas in 6 hours isn't "quickly"?! Egad, man!
Well, I guess it's all relative. If you see a poem by yrs truly posted here (anything more than jingles of 2 or 3 beats a line), you can bet it has seen 2 to 3 days worth of tortured polishing.
J4
"We prefer the plain gray mints over the fake-colored green ones. Honesty over advertising."
J6
"Whoopee! Bear & bare, pear & pair, tear & tare! I like homophones! Who doesn't?"
~ OMK
Love the j4 poem; it embeds some hard truths very amusingly. But help me figure out where you hid that fourth clue!I
The j6 poem amazes me. When I did that jumble, I thought, "Now even Owen will never be able to put all these disparate words into one poem." But you did it! One way or another, lol.
(P.S. That Sir Reele is a real dimwit, yes?)
This Jumble was tough
Though I tried and tried
And then cried and cried
Till I had enough.
Then what did I do
When I knew I had failed?
I got it all nailed
Cheating clue by clue.
Of course, it did work,
The words fell into place
And filled in each space.
Okay, I'm a jerk.
And to make it worse,
Wouldn't you know it,
I'm a lousy poet.
Feel free to curse.
Have a Happy Easter, everybody.
Ok, here's my plagiaristic bit:
A bunny stopped by,
And I heard him say
Happy Easter to all!
As he hip-hopped away.
With thanks to Mr. Moore.
Oh, Sandy, yours is so much sweeter! Many thanks, and have a lovely Easter too!
Misty ~ Don't be so quick to downgrade your efforts. It wasn't bad, and it was definitely (even defiantly) charming.
But modesty appears to be your built-in theme, so I'll stop razzing you for it.
Sandy ~
Thank you for your Easter greeting.
Although fleeting,
It was neating.
Yes, I agree: Owen's Sir Reele is a dimwit.
But with a good heart.
I appreciated his respect for the Ladies-in-Waiting's hyphens.
~OMK
I got started late, I had to go chasing bathtubs and elderberries* . I had solved the two J's earlier not exactly easy today. And, I used all ten J's and the two riddle-solutions. So…
13 dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf are leaving Beorn and heading to the forest and more danger.
The journey east saw grasslands become more coarse,
No more deer nor impala frequented this gorse.
Thorin avowed that no matter how long the hike,
The payment would be generous. "We share and share alike."
At last the party reached the skirts of Mirkwood forest
Grumbling from the dwarves ensued when then said the Wizard:
"I must decoy to the south. Trust me it's for the best".
All Middle Earth knows: "Devine not, the tangled webs of the bard.
Gandalf mounted up much like a knight of Rohan
"The basic maxim you must follow is this my friend:
'Stick to the path. Take not any hyphen,'
Though the road may weave and bend."
Gandalf had calculated using sun, stars and abacus.
"Drink not of the water!", Beorn had warned them thus.
" If you can navigate through you'll be nearly there
But if you heed me not, you haven't a prayer ".
WC
*There's a title for my autobiography
I saw that late note from Owen about the time it takes to versify*. And we got a darling poem from Misty and Sandy reminded us all that Corona or not it's Easter so be happy.
And if either riddle was troublesome there was OMK to the rescue. And finally, if my efforts are a little strained I did have a lot of J-work to encapsulate
WC
* I had the 2016 NBA Final on. I started Bilbo as the 2nd half started and finished as Kyrie Irving launched the winning 3-pointer . That's how I time my work.
Keith -- How did you get thru grade school, man? I'd get a homework assignment to write a poem or something and have it due next day. If I didn't do it quickly, I'd have no time to play!
Misty -- Great verse, and daring to use ABBA rhyme scheme, which you did successfully! I try to vary my style, but still usually stick to AABB or ABAB, occasionally ABCB.
Sandy -- Copying another's style isn't plagiarism, it's pastiche. I've often started poems with the first line of someone else's famous work, but then gone off on a tangent, and other poets have as well. "Twinkle, twinkle little bat..." You're in good company!
Keith -- I agree with neating!
Back to Sandy -- OMG, you're right, I did leave out a word! Fie on me! I really didn't like that poem, and maybe it was in part because I subconsciously realized I'd omitted something! (BTW, I really did ride a moped for a couple years.) Let me add two lines to the first verse:
If a semi tried to pass me on a narrow way, it meant
As the maxim says, that's a good time for some prayment!
Owen, 👍👍👍
Wilbur -- (You posted while I was composing my earlier comment) I think you meant detour not decoy (tho maybe not) and divine instead of devine (definitely not clearing the ivy!). Not sure what you meant with hyphen (tho surely not the same as I had used it!).
You wrote while watching a game? I was delayed because I took time outs to watch Father Brown, Death in Paradise, and Major Crimes with Bren.
Since the quarantine, she's started watching TV here in the bedroom with me instead of out in the living room, and so I have just discovered after over 35 years of marriage that she's a fan of Jeopardy and Wheel (which I try to ignore).
Owen, old son, I didn't finish grade school.
I was a terrible pupil.
Easily bored by any topic except dinosaurs. I managed somehow (social promotion? peer advancement?) to squeak outta Sherman Grammar into Marina Jr High. My grades were awful, although, sure, I managed to finish some homework, but I wouldn't describe overnight assignments--or any deadline work--as overly hurried or in any way as training to produce decent verse in 6 hours.
No, you are modest. Hacks can churn out Hallmark ditties, but you produce original material on a variety of themes in 6 hour periods often 7 days a week. Under a self-imposed (self-aimed?) gun.
We all see this.
And you must allow us to marvel at it.
OMK
Wilbur, a brilliant poem to follow Owen's brilliant poems. The talent on this blog is just amazing, and everyone's kindness is even more amazing, and that includes you, Ol'Man Keith. And talk about modesty--all of you, including Sandy--get an A+ for that.
Owen, I apparently committed a common misspelling of DIVINE vs DEVINE.
I used HYPHEN as a generalization of "connecting". eg. If the Dwarf party tries to take a shortcut while in Mirkwood when they "divine" that point B can be reached from point A by directly crossing, they'll be in trouble. And..
We'll soon see they did and were.
NEARLY does show up in the second poem. Is that close enough Sandy?
WC
Actually, since "Divine" essentially means holy, to "ferret out" should be devine. Take that Mr Webster
WC
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